re: Worst ref call that went in your team's favor

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1972 – Jones to Davis - "The Night The Clock Stopped" – No. 6 LSU survived an upset bid from unranked Ole Miss in Tiger Stadium by winning the game on a TD pass from QB Bert Jones to RB Brad Davis. Ole Miss fans say the 1972 contest featured a few seconds of free football. The Tigers trailed the Rebels 16–10 with four seconds to play. After a lengthy incompletion by Jones, the game clock still showed one second remaining. The Tigers used the precious second to win the game on the "last play," 17–16. A song was written to commemorate the game, called "One Second Blues", (track #11) which is featured on the CD "Hey Fightin' Tigers". The alleged home-clock advantage inspired a sign at the Louisiana state line (as you left Mississippi) reading, "You are now entering Louisiana. Set your clocks back four seconds." For that year, the Ole Miss yearbook reported the score for the game as "Ole Miss 16, LSU 10 + 7 ".

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The play with 4s was a quick slant from the 10 yd line, not a lengthy incompletion. Ever since then I've sort of noted similar plays in games that took only 3s - not that uncommon.

There's a brief clip of the ending with some humorous remarks by LSU QB Bert Jones about this.

LSU-Ole Miss 1972